The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Nodaway Valley co-op [West Nodaway/Nodaway-Holt] (Burlington Junction, MO) and the visiting Stewartsville Cardinals (Stewartsville, MO), observed Nodaway Valley co-op [West Nodaway/Nodaway-Holt]'s basketball team edge Stewartsville by a score of 57-54.

The (13-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Falls City (Falls City, NE). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 0-11 record. In their last challenge, Falls City was tipped by Mead (Mead, NE), 66-20, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cardinals encounter the Mound City Panthers (Mound City, MO) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Stewartsville will attempt to improve on its 5-5 season record.